Sambians
Sign in to saveThe Sambians were a Prussian tribe. They inhabited the Sambia Peninsula north of the city of Königsberg (now Kaliningrad). Sambians were located in a coastal territory rich in amber and engaged in trade early on (see Amber Road). Therefore, they established contacts with foreign nations before any other Prussians. However, as with all other Prussians, they were conquered by the Teutonic Knights, and, exposed to assimilation and Germanization, became extinct sometime in the 17th century.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Sambians
- Ethnic group.population
- Extinct in 17th–18th century
- Ethnic group.image
- Prussian clans 13th century.png
- Ethnic group.image_caption
- Sambians (in orange) and other Prussian clans during the 13th century
- Ethnic group.region1
- Sambia, Prussia (now Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia)
- Ethnic group.languages
- Old Prussian, later also German
- Ethnic group.religions
- Prussian mythology (Paganism)later Christianity
- Ethnic group.related c
- Other Prussians and Balts
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The Sambians were a Prussian tribe. They inhabited the Sambia Peninsula north of the city of Königsberg (now Kaliningrad). Sambians were located in a coastal territory rich in amber and engaged in trade early on (see Amber Road). Therefore, they established contacts with foreign nations before any other Prussians. However, as with all other Prussians, they were conquered by the Teutonic Knights, and, exposed to assimilation and Germanization, became extinct sometime in the 17th century.
The Sambians bordered the Natangians in the south, and the Nadruvians in the east.
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